I. ˈfyü(-ə)l noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English fewel, from Anglo-French fuail, feuaile, from Vulgar Latin * focalia, from Latin focus hearth
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : a material used to produce heat or power by burning
b. : nutritive material
c. : a material from which atomic energy can be liberated especially in a reactor
2. : a source of sustenance or incentive : reinforcement
II. verb
( -eled or -elled ; -el·ing or -el·ling )
Date: 1592
transitive verb
1. : to provide with fuel
2. : support , stimulate
movement is fuel ed by massive grants-in-aid — Allen Schick
intransitive verb
: to take in fuel — often used with up